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... Chapter 8 looks at two developments: the question of how to tackle “the kulak” or richer peasantry inside the Soviet Union, and the question of how the Communist International related to the British General Council of the Trades Union Congress during the 1926 General Strike in Britain. It looks...

... Although it is thought to be chaotic and disorganized, the Cancha is divided between syndicates and federations that provide regulation in the market. order and chaos trade unions syndicalism citizenship ...

... During the period of the military dictatorships in the 1960s to early 1980s, the trade-union movement was subject to intense and ongoing persecution. Yet under the auspices of the Bolivian Workers Central ( cob ), and with the mineworkers as its leading sector, it also struggled stubbornly...

... of “Trotskyism.” As James writes, “deprived of Trade Unions and Press, their Soviets being merely a screen for the manipulation of Stalin’s monolithic party, the workers were helpless.” Soviet Union Bureaucracy Joseph Stalin Great Terror Trotskyism ...

... that defined postwar social partnership. Through attention to the trade union-led opposition to the Colombian Food Workers’ international campaign against Coca-Cola, the chapter explores how this prevailing mode of protecting workers’ rights is part of a scenario in which managerial logics of audit prevail...

... in 1890 and with Oruro in 1892. After 1927, the tin magnate Mauricio Hochschild held possession of the valuable mine. Given the economic importance of Pulacayo, it is no coincidence that the site would become a leading center for the organization of mineworkers. The Trade Union Federation of Bolivian...

... Beginning in the 1920s, anarchism was instrumental in the building of the Bolivian trade-union movement. The Federation of Local Workers ( fol ) brought together workers from a range of trades who were influenced by anarchist “free-thinking.” Artisans were especially prominent in the fol...

... The Trade Union Federation of Bolivian Mineworkers ( fstmb ) held an emergency congress in the mining district of Siglo XX from 20 to 22 October 1986. Two months earlier, the government had forcibly shut down a major protest march responding to the mining crisis and the massive layoffs...

.... It also asks how the accumulation of working people fueled radical popular struggles that led to the formation of Colombia’s most militant trade union and that eventually contributed to the demise of the enclave. export enclave labor union space Barrancabermeja ...

... the government of President General Enrique Peñaranda (1940–43) to suppress trade-union and strike activity. The conflict came to a head in Simón Patiño’s Catavi mine on 21 December 1942, when troops opened fire on a demonstration of workers. The government claimed that nineteen protestors died and thirty were...

... General Council of the Trades Union Congress during the 1926 General Strike in Britain. It looks at the zig-zags around the question of industrialization made by Stalin during the 1920s as he tried to outmaneuver Leon Trotsky and Trotsky’s supporters. Stalin’s alliance with Bukharin during the mid-1920s...

... of atheism and anarchism. She died in 1928, just as the first generation of Bolivian feminists was gaining public visibility. Beginning in the 1920s, anarchism was instrumental in the building of the Bolivian trade-union movement. The Federation of Local Workers ( fol ) brought together workers from...

.... During the period of the military dictatorships in the 1960s to early 1980s, the trade-union movement was subject to intense and ongoing persecution. Yet under the auspices of the Bolivian Workers Central ( cob ), and with the mineworkers as its leading sector, it also struggled stubbornly against...

... of the value of their labor and began to organize and pressure for increases in their modest wages. The mine-owners likewise pressured the government of President General Enrique Peñaranda (1940–43) to suppress trade-union and strike activity. The conflict came to a head in Simón Patiño’s Catavi mine on 21...